Publication: Deseret Book Company, 1929, Salt Lake City
First edition. Map 81 x 162 cm. [32" x 63.75"] printed in color on a single sheet. Linen backed with gentle overall wear with some nicking at extremities. This large and bright map shows the routes of the Mormon pioneers across the west, Zion's Camp (Joseph and Hyrum's respective divisions) and the Mormon Battalion. Each of these routes is marked by the dates in which these respective groups crossed the area. An Index at the foot lists: the first baptism, dates and members at the founding of the LDS Church, important places in the early church with short descriptions (Colesville, Carthage, Fayette, Far West, Harmony, Independence, Kirtland), The Missions of the Church with the dates of their founding and their founders, LDS periodicals and the date of their first issue, a list of the foreign language translations of the Book of Mormon, the LDS Temples constructed and a list of Presidents of the Church. Next to the index are the names of the members of the first fourteen companies to enter the Salt Lake Valley. Inset map of Wayne and Ontario counties that locates significant locations in early Church history and an inset map of the Mormon Trail from Evanston to Salt Lake. This map also locates early Mormon settlements in the west with the names of their founders. Uncommon.
Inventory Number: 52282